CVE-2016-0263 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a crafted command in IBM Spectrum Scale to gain elevated privileges or cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-0263?
CVE-2016-0263 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale, published on 29 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1 before 4.1.1.5 and 4.2 before 4.2.0.2 and General Parallel File System 3.5 before 3.5.0.30 allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via a crafted mmapplypolicy command.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-0263?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm General Parallel File System Storage Server, Ibm Spectrum Scale.
How do I fix CVE-2016-0263?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-0263 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-0263 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-0263 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hr33-v88j-j7w2.